11-23-2016, 07:43 PM
[#0000FF]I learned to quickly tie a blood knot many (too many) years ago and use it a lot. I used to fly fish more and made up all my own leaders...and retied tippet with the blood knot. Since then it has been a mainstay in making quick tandem rigs.
The one thing I usually advise for anglers who like to fish tandem rigs is to always carry a spare spool of the line/leader you will be using. Otherwise you use up a spool of line more quickly...since everytime you make a new dropper rig you "burn up" another couple of feet of main line.
Howsomever, since I began using Nanofil a lot, I usually make my leaders heavier than the line test. For example, I have 6# Nanofil on most of my light reels. I tie a #10 crane swivel to the end of the Nanofil, using a strong slip resistant knot. Then I tie my combo leader, dropper to the end of the swivel...usually 8# but sometimes heavier. Depends on the size of the fish I target, and how much sharp armament they have...as well as how dangerous the bottom structure (abrasion) might be.
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The one thing I usually advise for anglers who like to fish tandem rigs is to always carry a spare spool of the line/leader you will be using. Otherwise you use up a spool of line more quickly...since everytime you make a new dropper rig you "burn up" another couple of feet of main line.
Howsomever, since I began using Nanofil a lot, I usually make my leaders heavier than the line test. For example, I have 6# Nanofil on most of my light reels. I tie a #10 crane swivel to the end of the Nanofil, using a strong slip resistant knot. Then I tie my combo leader, dropper to the end of the swivel...usually 8# but sometimes heavier. Depends on the size of the fish I target, and how much sharp armament they have...as well as how dangerous the bottom structure (abrasion) might be.
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